# Civ V for Mac

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 2, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103 "2011-01-02T02:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103/1 "2011-01-02T02:30:52Z")

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So I got Civ V for Mac. I am looking forward to an entire summer of playing over and over again.

I got back to Saudi and plugged it in. It demanded I log onto the internet to do something with something called “Steam.” It took 24 hours, but I got it done. (Some sort of update?)

Then I started up the game. Once again, it demanded internet access. It insisted I fire up System Preferences and select some darn thing. OK, done. Then I fired up the game.

I watched the little film with the wizened old king. Great stuff, then I waited and got to a black background with a gold frame. When I moved my mouse, I got a blue highlight, but since there were not letters, there was no way to tell which words I was selecting. I got through several such menus, but could not get the thing to play.

I am sad.

\*\*Why am I not getting any text on the game menus?  
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103/2 "2011-01-02T02:51:23Z")

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Forgive me, the frames I am seeing around the text I am not seeing are blue, not gold.

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**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103/3 "2011-01-02T15:09:47Z")

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Civ V Mac acted weird the first time I started it up. I ended up turning off the intro movie. What hardware are you using?

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103/4 "2011-01-02T15:27:39Z")

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I just got off the phone with customer support. THey answered quickly and seemed to know their stuff. It seems my video card is not up to snuff.

Time for a new Mac!

Thanks to you all.

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**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103/5 "2011-01-03T16:15:17Z")

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If it makes you feel any better, my computer is in spec and I still had problems.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-v-for-mac/566103/6 "2011-01-04T13:12:16Z")

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Should I get a 'puter or a game machine, I wonder.